RECEDING (FROM) Synonyms: 14 Similar and Opposite Words

receding (from)

verb

present participle of recede (from)

as in going

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And then, largely as a byproduct of the scaremongering around the AIDS crisis, there was a sense of things going backwards.

— Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2026
Seeing that table filled with this much talent, funding and support is what keeps us going.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026

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Smalls is accused of withdrawing over $17,000 in cash and sending money to herself via Cash App on several occasions, according to court documents obtained by WJZ.

— Michelle Richardson, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026
In addition to delaying missile shipments to Tokyo and withdrawing its aircraft carrier from the region, the United States has scaled back or canceled joint military exercises with South Korea.

— David Sacks, Foreign Affairs, 28 Sep. 2026

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Soon the village doctor is found murdered and the townsfolk turn on the boy, leaving the stranger as his only hope.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2026
Inaccurate existing models Conventional power generation uses high-temperature steam to turn turbines, leaving vast amounts of low-temperature waste heat uncaptured.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of leaving

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Warner Bros Motion Picture chiefs De Luca and Pamela Abdy are departing.

— Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2026
Investigators have located the wreckage of a medical transport helicopter that crashed in the Pacific Ocean after departing Wednesday night from Santa Catalina Island, killing a pilot and a nurse.

— Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026

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Gabriel Moreno hit an RBI single in the fourth and, after Kyle Hart walked the bases loaded in the sixth, Perdomo cleared them with a double that bounced off the glove of retreating center fielder Jackson Merrill and then off the padded fence.

— ABC News, ABC News, 26 Sep. 2026
The brand has been retreating by the month back to its roots in Florida.

— Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 25 Sep. 2026

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